Oil prices: 'April is a bullish month'

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Oil prices continued to trend up Friday, after ending the first quarter at a two-and-a-half-year high, and most experts think that will remain the case for the foreseeable future.

"Today the fundamentals are still very bullish, and we should continue to go higher." said PFG Best senior market analyst Phil Flynn. "The Middle East situation is not calming down any time," he added.

Flynn attributes the bullish April outlook to higher demand for better quality crude during the switchover period from the end of winter heating season to the summer driving season.

"I hate to give you a bad April fools joke, but the month of April is a very bullish month for oil prices," Flynn said.

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